Art white and thomas friant



(No Model.)

I S; H. RAYMOND.

BOX LID SUPPORT.

No. 486,503. Patented Nov. 22, 1892.

INVENTOH Silas H. Raymond WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIcE.

SILAS H. RAYMOND, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO T. STEW- ARTWHITE AND THOMAS FRIANT, OF SAME PLACE.

BOX-LID SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,503, dated November22, 1892.

Application filed June 16, 1892. Serial No. 436,953. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it k nown that I, SILAS H. RAYMOND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Box-Lid Supports;and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates tov improvements in box-lid supports, and itsobject is to provide the same. with certain new and useful features,hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective of a device embodying my invention,illustrating its operation in opening the lid of the box; Fig. 2, aperspective of the same, showing the box closed and the device arrangedfor packing; and Fig. 3, an end elevation of the same, showing the boxopen and the operation of my device in supporting the lid of the same.

Like letters refer to like parts in all of the figures.

A represents the body of a cigar-box, B the lid of the same, and O ashort lever pivoted to said lid near the hinged side of the same andarranged to turn on said pivot in the plane of the lid, and when turnedat substantially right angles to the hinged edge of the lid projectsbeyond the same, forming a rigid arm, which arm is utilized to open thelid by applying the thumb to the same, as illustrated in Fig. 1, andwhen the lid is open a little beyond the vertical the end of said leverengages the side of the box below the hinge and sustains the lid inposition, as illustrated in Fig. 3. I am thus able to hold the box inone hand and with the same hand by means of the thumb thereof can turnthe support 0 into position, and also open the lid of the box when thebox is closed by turning the lever to a position substantially parallelwith the hinged edge of the lid. It no longer projects from the box, butlies close upon its upper surface out of the way of any adjacent box orother thing.

.In the device shown the lever consists of a continuous piece of wire,which is bent at right angles and passed through the lid of the box andagain turned at right angles, having its inner end in contact with theinner surface of the lid. I do not limit myself to this particularconstruction, nor to its application to cigar-boxes only. any modifiedforms may be desired, and it also may be applied to any box or casehaving a hinged lid or door to close one side of the same. I prefer thecon struction shown as being the cheapest and easiest applied, andconsider that its most valuable application is to cigar and other 6 5small boxes that may be held in the hand.

What I claim is- 1. A box-lid support consisting of a lever pivoted tothe lid near the hinged side thereof and adapted to turn in the plane ofthe lid and project beyond the same and engage the side of the box belowthe hinge, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a box having a lid hinged to the same at oneside, a lever pivoted to the same lid near the hinged side and swingingin the same plane and projecting beyond the said lid and engaging theside of the box, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a box having a lid hinged at one side, a leverconsisting of a single piece of wire bent at right angles and passingthrough said lid near the hinged side thereof, substantially asdescribed.

4. A box-lid support consisting of a continuous wire passing throughsaid lid near the hinged side thereof and bent at right angles atopposite sides of said lid and having its outer end adapted to projectbeyond the said lid and engage the side of the box and to turn and restupon the outer surface of said lid, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SILAS I-I. RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

LOIS MoULToN, LUTHER V. MOULTON.

